Lady Cats Soccer Coach Says The Edge Has Helped Players’ Agility, Fitness
The Edge, for Lady Cats’ high school and middle school soccer players, will end after Friday’s session, July 31. It got started back on June 24.
Lady Cats Soccer Coach Javier Aguayo says The Edge has been pretty good. He says he’s had 20 to 30 high school and middle school players at The Edge at each session. Coach Aguayo says that’s more than he expected to show up. He says he has enjoyed getting more acquainted with the future of his program, the middle school players. He notes that seven of them are already involved in club soccer.
Concerning The Edge, which involves strength, conditioning and sports-related skills work, Coach Aguayo says he can tell the difference in players who have gone through the program. He says they have shown improvement in their agility, adding that they are now also in much better shape.
Coach Aguayo says some of his players involved in club programs really never stopped work even with virus concerns. He says they utilized virtual training before The Edge got under way.
After The Edge, Coach Aguayo says he will begin to meet with his high school players during athletic period once school starts on Sept. 1. For soccer, the first day of practice for this season will be on Nov. 30. Scrimmages may begin December 10. The first date for real games will be on Jan. 2.
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Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Third Time This Year
A 36-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed for the third time this year.
Jeremy Lindre Williams turned himself in at 4 a.m. July 30, 2020 at the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Kevin Lester escorted Williams into the jail, where he was booked for insufficient bond on a voyeurism charge.
Williams was arrested April 16 for voyeurism: victim under 14 years of age and assault causing bodily injury to a family member warrants. He spent the night in jail and was released April 17 on a $15,000 bond on the voyeurism charge and $5,000 bond on the assault charge, April 17, according to arrest and jail reports.
A protective order was reportedly issued prohibiting Williams from contacting the 29-year-old female he was accused of assaulting. However, he allegedly sent social media messages to the woman’s phone the day he was released from jail. A warrant was issued for Williams’ arrest for violation of bond/protective order. Police took him into custody for violating bond/protective order at 5:05 p.m. April 22. He was released from jail on a $5,000 bond on the charge on April 23.
Williams remained in jail later July 30 on insufficient bond on the voyeurism charge. His new bond was set at $500,000, according to arrest and jail reports.
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The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Cumby ISD New School Year Begins Aug. 13 For Students
Cumby ISD is gearing up for the new school year, with teachers scheduled to report for duty on Aug. 5, and classes beginning for students on Aug. 13.
Families were asked to choose between two options when the kids go back to school. While administrators are still firming up numbers, currently, it looks like about 85 percent of students will be attending face-to-face classes at school and the remaining 15 percent will do their work online, according to Cumby ISD Superintendent Shelly Slaughter.
Face-to-Face Learning At School
Social distancing will be observed, and per the Governor’s Executive Order, anyone age 10 years and older will be required to wear face masks. Employees have the possible option to use face shields when in front of the class, but will be required to a mask when in the immediate space of students.
Before students enter the building, they will will have a brief health check and temperature screening. The touch-less device will scan students to check their temperatures. There will also be quick check for all employees. Officials are working on logistics to ensure as quick an entry process as possible.
Elementary, once arriving in the building, will go straight to class, with meals in the class. A few at a time will be able to go to the cafeteria to collect meals in some cases. Meals will be in small containers to better accommodate the district’s youngest students.
The district is adjusting the way meals are distributed and eaten. Elementary students will have breakfast in the classroom, not the cafeteria. Junior high and high school breakfast and lunch periods will be spaced out, with close attention to numbers of gatherings. To better ensure this, the cafeteria has been arranged so that there will be less seating capacity.
The district has ordered some foldable shields, which are not yet in, so that students who are not required to wear masks will have foldable desktop protectors that they can take to the cafeteria as well. Students who have health concerns documented with a doctor’s note that exempt them from wearing masks may use a foldable shield as added protection and teachers who have health issues may use shields as well.
Class sizes are smaller at Cumby than some larger schools, which helps in moving desks to better social distance them per state guidelines. Secondary student will still change classes.
Cumby ISD has adopted stricter cleaning protocols. In all buildings and classrooms, staff will use disinfect wipes before and at the end of classes. There will be frequent disinfecting. Hand sanitizer will be provided ouside of classrooms, for students to use before and after each class.
The first few days of school, students will learn what measures will be implemented, the health and safety protocols in place and what is expected here’s what we are doing, what they will be expected to do regarding health and safety protocols. This will include helping the youngest students to understand the measures are in place for their safety, including ways they can greet others without physical contact and to be as comfortable as possible around others who are wearing masks.
The first couple of weeks, students at school will use online platforms. This will prepare them, just in case something happens and school has to be closed for cleaning. This will allow students wherever they are outside of campus to immediately get back online so that learning can continue trying as seamlessly as possible and safe as possible.
The district will offer bus transportation for students who have no other means to arrive at or depart from school. Parents have been contacted and encouraged when possible to bring their students to and from school as an added safety measure. This will help lower the number of students on buses, another added close contact with others.
Students will be scanned for temperature prior to boarding a school bus. Parents are asked to be at bus stop each morning with their child in case the child has fever or symptoms of illness, which would require the child to return home.
Bus drivers and all bus students will be required to wear face masks that cover their mouth and nose. Hand sanitizer will be provided for student use as they load onto the bus.
District officials are also working on procedures modify student drop off and pickup, to stagger the times to reduce congestion and large gatherings of students.
Cumby ISD plans to continue updating parents and community members regularly by posting as much information as possible.
A parents may choose at any time for their child to transition to online learning if that is the option they prefer for their students, provided the campus principal is notified in writing of the desired change.
Online Learning
Family who learning outside of the regular classroom through Cumby ISD will be required to provide internet access for their students. For some who need it, that will mean use of a school district Chromebook so they can log into Google Classrooms each week day. Many students are already familiar with Goggle Classrooms due to its use this spring when schools were required to close for on-campus learning, according to Superintendent Shelly Slaughter.
The district is using an asynchronous learning approach, which will require students who are doing online learning to login at specified times for approximately 45 minutes daily to the live classroom.
While final plans for are still being finalized, there will be contingencies for the few who are not participating in in-person at school classes. In a very few very special situations where students have no access to the internet and hotspots, students would be allowed to have paper packets. Otherwise, all students need to have the technology and be able to login and work with teachers, according to the superintendent.
“We will work with students who have no access. Teachers will do daily checks with students. Even if its a phone call, teachers will be in contact daily,” Slaughter said.
Students who choose online learning will still be required to to do the same work and follow school grading and attendance policies as students on the Cumby ISD campus for in-person learning. Aside from the designated login times
“We have the same expectation of online home learning students. Grades will be the same. Testing will be the same. They will just be in 2 different locations, at school or off campus. Expectations are not different. They will still have the same number of assignments, tests and same grading,” Slaughter noted.
Parents may choose to transition their student from online to in-person learning by notifying each student’s campus principal. The change to in-person may only be made at the beginning of the next grading period, however.
Additional information will be posted on the district website, cumbyisd.net, Facebook and other social media accounts.
Tira News: Filing Of City Council Write-In Candidacy Declarations Now Open
By Jan Vaughn
Declarations of Write-In Candidacy for a place on the Tira City Council must be filed by 6 p.m. on Aug. 20, 2020. For more information, please contact Jan Vaughn, Tira City Secretary, by email or phone (see contact information below).
On the weekend of July 18, Robert and Yvonne Weir got to watch their granddaughter, Everly, while her parents, Dustin and Natalie Weir, and their friend, Jeremy, went to Broken Bow, Oklahoma to kayak. Dacy, Elise, and Eli Campbell visited with them on Saturday. Also, Ladonna Wilson and Roman Webb came by that afternoon.
Chip’s brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Sandra Vaughn of Broken Bow, came to see Grace and us on Sunday, July 19. They had been self-quarantined for a couple of weeks following a 4-month term as park hosts in the Florida Keys. It was good to visit with them and see pictures and hear stories from their time on the island.
The Tira Community Center is remaining closed at the current time. An
announcement will be made when it is reopened.
I always need and appreciate input from my friends to help keep me informed of news in our community. If you have any news pertaining to Tira residents, past or present, please contact me, Jan Vaughn, at 903-438-6688 or [email protected].
94 Hydrocodone Pills Found During Interstate 30 Traffic Stop
According to sheriff’s reports, 94 hydrocodone pills were found during an Interstate 30 traffic stop. The person who had them allegedly admitted he did not have a valid prescription.
Hopkins County Sheriff‘s Deputy Thomas Patterson reported stopping a gray Ford Fusion at 1:23 a.m. July 28, 2020 at mile marker 122 on Interstate 30 for traveling 79 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone.
While talking to the lone occupant, a 57-year-old Austin man, Patterson reported asking permission to search the car. When Mike Lee Monroe refused, Patterson retrieved his partner, K-9 Chiv, from his patrol vehicle.
Chiv performed an olfactory sniff of the vehicle’s exterior. Chiv gave a positive alert for narcotics, resulting in a probable cause search of the car by Patterson, the deputy alleged in arrest reports. The deputy alleged finding a sealable baggy containing 94 hydrocodone pills, 42.1 grams worth.
Monroe admitted he did not have a prescription for the pills, resulting in his arrest for possession of 28 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance. The pills were confirmed using drugs.com to be 325 mg hydrocodone bitartrate, a drug requiring a prescription.
Monroe was released from Hopkins County jail later July 28 on a $20,000 bond on the third-degree felony charge, according to jail reports.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
1 New Positive Case, 69 Active Cases Of COVID-19 In Hopkins County On July 29
DSHS Shows 1 Hopkins County COVID-19 Fatality; Local, Regional Officials Report No Knowledge Of Any Hopkins County COVID-19 Deaths
Hopkins County Emergency Management officials at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, reported 1 new COVID-19 case for Hopkins County. Four patients were reported to also be in the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs July 29, but no additional information was available regarding those cases.
While the state COVID-19 dashboard currently shows 1 fatality for Hopkins County, local emergency management officials have received no information regarding any Hopkins County resident dying as a result of COVID-19, according to Hopkins County Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Endsley.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission also this week started electronically posting to the state website COVID-19 case counts and deaths by facility name for state supported living centers, state hospitals, and state-licensed nursing and assisted living facilities. One local nursing facility had has had worker who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to the July 29 HHS report.
Hopkins County COVID-19 Case, Recovery, Hospital Reports
That brings the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases for Hopkins County since March to 147, with more than half of those cases reported this month.
During the first week of July, 10 new cases had been announced. New cases were reported every day from July 9-18, for a total of 45 additional Hopkins County residents testing positive for COVID-19, with 16 total recoveries. For the week of July 20-26, Hopkins County Emergency Management team reported 27 new cases and 6 recoveries. So far this week (July 27-29), there have been 2 new case and 6 recoveries. That’s 84 new positive COVID-19 cases reported in July in Hopkins County, and 28 recoveries this month.
Of the 147 Hopkins County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since mid-March, 78 have recovered, leaving 69 active cases of COVID-19 in Hopkins County on July 29.
State Fatality Reports
Endsley said after learning of the 3:50 p.m. DSHS/HHS report showing a Hopkins County fatality, local officials did some checking. Their contacts at the regional level also reported they had received no reports of a COVID-19 fatality for Hopkins County, according to Endsley.
“We have no information on any COVID fatality. The state is changing up the way they are report things. I’m not sure if they are having any glitches with the system or not. We have no visual on that whatsoever. The state site has been proven wrong at least 3 times already,” Endsley said.
Endsley refers to at least three other times Hopkins County challenged a state-reported COVID-19 death determination as the patient had other health conditions leading death, although the patient was confirmed positive COVID-19; a second death reported the same weekend was reported by local emergency management officials to have been a duplicate of the first report. At least two additional times a COVID-19 fatality reported for Hopkins County was removed from the state website after a few days and reported by local authorities to have been a “duplicate or error” as well.
This is the first time since Texas Department of State Health Services’ announcement this week that COVID-19 deaths would be identified differently. Cause of death listed on death certificates will be used to determined a COVID-19 death, according to the DSHS news release.
DSHS, in the announcement, noted that this should allow “fatalities to be counted faster with more comprehensive demographic data.” Using death certificates should also ensure consistent reporting across the state and enable DSHS to display fatalities by date of death and provide the public with more information about when deaths occurred. The change, according to DSHS, began July 27.
DSHS, in the release, stated that COVID-19 fatalities were previously counted as they were reported publicly by local and regional health departments, after they received a notification and verified the death. According to DSHS, the length of time that process takes varied by jurisdiction and did not provide timely demographic information on most fatalities.
“A fatality is counted as due to COVID-19 when the medical certifier, usually a doctor with direct knowledge of the patient, determines COVID-19 directly caused the death. This method does not include deaths of people who had COVID-19 but died of an unrelated cause. Death certificates are required by law to be filed within 10 days,” according to the July 27 DSHS release
It is unclear if this report was made prior to the start of the new system. The DSHS dashboard was updated at 3:50 p.m. July 29. Totals are “an estimate based on several assumptions related to hospitalization rates and recovery times, which were informed by data available to date. These assumptions are subject to change as we learn more about COVID-19. The estimated number does not include data from any cases reported prior to 3/24/2020.”
Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities
Texas Health and Human Services Commission also this week began releasing by facility the number of total and active cases of COVID-19 among employees and patients in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and state hospitals, and state-supported living centers. The data is 2 weeks behind, however, and data for nursing and assisted living facilities is self-reported, according to the HHSC.
“HHSC has a legal and ethical obligation to protect the private health information of everyone we serve, both in the private facilities we regulate and those we operate,” HHS Executive Commissioner Phil Wilson stated in the release. “We appreciate the guidance from the Attorney General of Texas, which allows us to release this additional data while maintaining important personal privacy protections.”
Data on COVID-19 case counts and deaths, according to HSSC, will be updated on the HHSC website daily on weekdays, no later than 3 p.m.
Data for the state-operated state supported living centers and state hospitals will reflect confirmed cases as of the previous business day.
Because nursing facilities and assisted living facilities self-report data to HHSC, data posted on those facilities will reflect counts 2 weeks prior to the date of posting. This will allow time for data to be reviewed and any clerical or reporting errors to be corrected.
Across the state, there were 12,830 active cases among nursing facilities across the state. Overall, there have been 5,956 nursing facility employees in Texas since March 23 who have tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 9,598 Texas nursing home residents across the state were reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 as of July 15, including 3,479 patients who have recovered, 1,236 who died and 4,213 active cases on July 15, according to the HHS report.
Of the four nursing facilities in Sulphur Springs, only Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab had only 1 employee who tested positive for COVID-19 as of on July 15, and that case was still considered active on July 15. No patients in any Sulphur Springs nursing home had tested positive for COVID-19 as of July 15, according to the July 29 report.
In assisted living facilities across the state, HHS reported 674 active cases and 1,068 cumulative cases among employees on July 15. Of the 1,194 assisted living facility residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, 383 residents had recovered and 179 residents had died, leaving 581 active cases among assisted living facilities across Texas, according to the July 29 HHS report.
Of the three assisted living facilities in Sulphur Springs, none had reported any COVID-19 cases among staff or residents as of the July 15 report, according to the HHS report.
How To Identify Some Common Flying-Stinging Insects
By Charlotte Wilson, Hopkins County Master Gardener
While working in the garden or playing in the yard, it is easy to become alarmed in seeing wasps or “bees” as many people call any flying insect. However, the flying insects are doing us all a tremendous favor in pollinating our fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Many of these insects are also keeping unfavorable insects and caterpillars under control.
Wasps you see on your vegetables and flowers are pollinating the flowers, eating from the fruits, or eating smaller insects. They rarely sting away from the nest, unless trapped or pressed against the skin. You can easily pick produce while the wasps are on the same plant as long as you are aware of their location so that you do not try to “pick” the same vegetable as the wasp.
Two stinging insects commonly seen in the area, red paper wasps and yellow paper wasps, are social insects. Red paper wasps have long reddish brown bodies and dark brown wings. Yellow paper wasps, which many people call yellow jackets, are a little smaller than red wasps and have yellow and dark brown stripes. Both types live in nests that they build and defend cooperatively. Nests are constructed of a paper-like material and may be found either above or below ground.
The stinger of social wasps is primarily a defensive tool, designed to protect both nest and colony. However when defending their colony, multiple wasp stings can occur quickly, with one wasp stinging one or more times. Bees’ stingers are barbed and stay inside the victim, pulling apart the bee. Wasps and bees sting their victims and inject venom from the rear of the abdomen. The stinger in all wasps and bees is a modified egg-laying organ, hence only females can sting.
Wasps and bees are most likely to sting when their nest is disturbed. Wasps and bees are instinctively attracted to the upper bodies of animals, so in the event of an attack it is best to cover your head and run away quickly. Victims who stand in place and attempt to swat at their attackers will continue to receive stings as the wasps summon reinforcements via chemical communication. While pain is usually localized at the site of the sting, large and systemic (allergic) reactions are also possible. Large local reactions are not life threatening but may last for two to seven days. About 5 percent of people who experience a large local reaction will suffer an anaphylactic (serious systemic hypersensitivity) reaction if they are stung.
The only real “hornet” reported in Texas is the bald-faced hornet, Dolichovespula maculate. It is also a social insect. Hornets construct a round or pear-shaped paper nest, up to 3 feet long. The grayish nest has combs arranged inside with an entrance near the bottom. Hornet nests are almost always above ground, often high in trees. A mature colony may contain 200-400 adults. While hornet stings can be intensely painful, hornets are less likely to attack than paper wasps since their nests are in remote locations.
The murder hornet, Vespa mandarina, has been reported only in Washington state and Canada on the North American continent.
Mud daubers are small solitary wasps that build small, tube-like nests of mud under eaves, in attics, and on many objects you store in a shed or barn. Adult mud daubers are ¾-to-1 inch long and vary from dull brown to iridescent blue-black. As they develop in the mud tubes, young larvae are fed spiders. Since mud daubers do not defend their nests, they usually are no problem to humans. Their structures can be simply removed by hand or with a putty knife.
The thing to remember when you are working or playing outdoors is that all of these insects are valuable to our landscape and we can usually avoid close contact. They will not bother us if we do not bother them.
— This information was taken from the pamphlet, “Paper Wasps, Yellowjackets, and Solitary Wasps,” written by Glen C. Moore and Mike E. Merchant, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension.
SS Wildcats Soccer Concludes Summer Edge Friday
The Edge summer strength, conditioning and skills program for Wildcats’ high school and middle school athletes wraps up after a Friday (July 31) morning session. The Edge for soccer has been going since June 23. Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton says The Edge has been good and necessary. He says he wouldn’t want his players to just stay on the couch all summer. Coach Upton says a lot of soccer players have been involved with not only soccer but also with cross country as well. He says The Edge has been beneficial for both sports. He says he had had 40-45 players in attendance during The Edge. Coach Upton says he has seen a lot of improvement on the turf at Gerald Prim Stadium, especially among freshmen players. He also notes that he’s gotten better acquainted with some middle schoolers. He says there are some soccer players in that group. Coach Upton says he is glad that the UIL gave coaches more time per week to work on sport-specific skill work.
Soccer was greatly impacted in March when sports were suspended due to coronavirus concerns. He says the Senior Night game was lost for 15 seniors last season. Coach Upton also feels that group had the potential to go three or four rounds deep into the playoffs and might even have been able to qualify for the regional tournament. Still he says you can’t sulk and you just have to move on. Besides he says, he has another good senior group this coming season. Coach Upton says after The Edge, he will go back to work with his players during athletic period once school starts on September 1. Official soccer practice for the upcoming season is scheduled to begin on November 30. Scrimmages may start on December 10 with official games beginning January 2, barring complications.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
2 Jailed On Hopkins County Felony Warrants
At least 2 people were jailed July 27-28 on Hopkins County felony warrants.
Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit investigators, aware of a warrant, sought out a 33-year-old Sulphur Springs man. Eric Wayne Shockey was located at his residence and taken into custody at 1:13 p.m. by Lt. Mark Estes on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.
Shockey remained in Hopkins County jail July 29. Bond was set at $5,000 on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
Mikeala Jean Carlson turned herself in at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office around 3:40 p.m. July 28. HCSO Cpl. Todd Evans escorted the 21-year-old Winnsboro woman into Hopkins County jail, where she was booked for violation of probation, which she was on for January 2018 possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, according to arrest reports.
Carlson remained in Hopkins County jail July 29 on the charge, according to jail reports.
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If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Area School Districts Are Reporting Start Dates
SSISD: This week, a video address by Superintendent Michael Lamb informed families of Sulphur Springs ISD about the September 1 start date and other start-of-school plans in place. The address was thorough and quite informative about the dual learning options to be offered this Fall, both Face-to-Face classroom instruction and the Virtual Academy. The address also pointed out to parents the pressing need to submit their selection of learning for their students by the August 4, 2020 deadline. The selection can be made through the family’s Skyward account. Lamb also stated that changes may be required by state mandate, and to watch the school’s website as well as Skyward accounts for notifications of these. School officially starts in SSISD on September 1, 2020.
Miller Grove ISD: Superintendent Steve Johnson reports that school starts for the Hornets on August 13, 2020. A comprehensive Return to School Plan as well as a Survey for Parents are posted on the school website, mgisd.net. The survey, which was due this week, assists parents in the selection of in-classroom or online learning for their students. This Fall, teachers will be in their classrooms in masks, and students in the class will also be wearing masks. Instruction for students in Pre-K through 2nd grade at Miller Grove will be through Remote Asynchronous Learning, a curricular experience where students engage in the learning materials on their own time, interacting intermittently with the teacher via the computer or other electronic devices. In this setting, teachers will provide instruction, learning resources and support through the use of approved instructional methods. All mandated safety precautions and social distancing standards will be operative once school begins. Supt. Johnson reported that student’s temperatures will be taken daily, and bus students will also have their temperatures taken before boarding. As with other schools in the district, Miller Grove ISD suggests that parents transport their students if possible. Those students who ride buses will wear masks, sit together in family units and skip seats between passengers.
Yantis ISD: Superintendent Tracy Helfferich reports that Yantis ISD will open their doors to students on August 13. Packets were distributed to families so that their choices of in-class or at-home learning could be made known. About 70% of those packets have already been completed and returned to the school. Teachers will report during the first week of August. All prescribed safety measures and procedures will be implemented, both on campus and on buses, and that includes temperatures taken upon arrival at school and upon boarding buses. Bus transportation presents the biggest burden to administrators, as capacity is not yet known, thus procedures are still being worked out. Capacities will be reduced, and riders will be required wear masks while on the bus. Parents are encouraged to bring and pick up their students if possible. At school, students will social distance at all times and hand-wash and hand-sanitize frequently. Additionally, students who will be participating in sports will have safety precautions implemented during practices and in dressing rooms to insure the safety of all. The Yantis school website, yantisisd.net, posts the School Options so that parents and students can more easily select the best learning options for them.
Other 2020 Area Start Dates: these start dates are posted on the school websites:
Cumby ISD August 13
Como-Pickton CISD August 10
North Hopkins ISD Aug 19
Saltillo ISD August 17
Sulphur Bluff ISD August 18
Cooper ISD Aug 13
Campbell ISD Aug 11
Rains/Emory ISD Aug 13
